New Raid Bosses, Going Down!

Now that people are starting to get a little more geared, we are getting more people into our 10 man runs. So far, we have taken down the Conclave in Throne of the Four Winds, and Halfus Wyrmbreaker in Bastion of Twilight. For now, we are scheduling 3 different 10 mans each week. This allows us to get practice in each dungeon and mix the groups up as we work towards our goal of getting 20 to 25 raiders ready for the content. This also allows us to evaluate the raid make up for each run, and make changes to improve the raid’s chances of success.

In General, here is the routine:

Raid targets and dates will be posted in the guild calender on the weekend for the following week. The invites will go out to all gunslingers.

You should accept if you are sure (barring unforseen circumstances) that you can make it, and if you are confident that you are able to perform at the level required.

Raid organizers will look at the folks who have accepted and organize groups that will a) have a good chance of being successful, b) include at least 7 raiders who have previous experience with the content, c) have the necessary class and role makeup to be successful. In general, raids are composed of 3 healers, 2 tanks, 2 or 3 range dps, 2 or 3 melee dps.

Raid organizers will track who has been running and who has been sitting to try to assign available raid spots fairly – just remember that it takes a solid core of people that are familiar with the raid movement to improve the odds of success. This means that you will see a few people running a LOT for a couple weeks – please acknowledge the fact that these are your teammates and that they will be helping you through the raid instance when it’s your turn to go.

Raid organizers will contact those that have been confirmed for the raid 24 hours in advance to make sure everyone is still able to run. Use this as your cue to stock up on raiding consumables like flasks and food. If you haven’t been contacted, you probably are not running, however, keep in mind that organizers are looking at the whole week of raiding and if you are qualified to run, they are probably trying to get you into at least one run – this is why it is key to accept the raid invite as soon as you can be sure that you are able to attend.

Invites will typically go out about 15 minutes before the raid starts. This is a team sport so please respect your teammates by being on time and ready to raid!

For now, our raid targets are Throne of the Four Winds, Bastion of Twilight and Darkwing Descent. We hope to start fielding a second 10 man team (ie 2 10 mans at once,) in a few weeks, but this depends on getting a few more toons geared and ready for the content, something we will be reviewing constantly as this will widely expand the opportunity for raiding. It may also become possible to raid in 25’s – there is a slightly less tanking requirement, and the dps mix requirements may be a little more forgiving – we just have to be able to get folks out to raid.

Grind for rep, run those heroics, get those crafted pieces together and we’ll see YOU in the dungeon!